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personally. Therefore it was for their interest

that He should go to the Father, and send the

Spirit to be His successor on earth. No one

could then have any advantage because of his

location or his personal contact with Christ.

By the Spirit the Saviour would be accessible

to all. In this sense He would be nearer to

them than if He had not ascended on high.

“He that loveth Me shall be loved of My

Father, and I will love him, and will manifest

Myself to him.” Jesus read the future of His

disciples. He saw one brought to the scaffold,

one to the cross, one to exile among the

lonely rocks of the sea, others to persecution

and death. He encouraged them with the

promise that in every trial He would be with

them. That promise has lost none of its force.

The Lord knows all about His faithful

servants who for His sake are lying in prison

or who are banished to lonely islands. He

comforts them with His own presence. When

for the truth's sake the believer stands at the